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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 62 of 120

Details of Federal £1,250,000 Plan to Aid Dairying

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 2

Details of the Commonwealth Government's plan to spend £250,000 a year for five years to promote improved farm practices in the…

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Uniform Tax Plan Wanted by Farmer

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 1

A uniform tax, with provision to deduct a certain amount in every pound without consideration for the total income, was…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 5

There was a yarding of 15,000 sheep, mostly young ewes and wethers, at the Wagga City Sale-yards yesterday, when Messrs…

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Deleterious Substances in Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 2

More or less regularly each year a general complaint is sent out from Bradford regarding the amount of foreign matter—…

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European Wool Consumption Czechoslovakian Mills Nationalised

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 4

Winchombe Carson Ltd. report. The close of the Australian wool selling season under favorable competition augurs well for the…

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Local Wool Sold at Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 2

The Goulburn branch of Farmers and Graziers' Co-op., Ltd., advise that during the wool-selling season which has just ended…

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Gundagai District Wool Sold at Goulburn

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1

The Goulburn 'branch of Farmers and Graziers, Co. Op Ltd advise that during the wool selling season which has just ended many record…

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Wool Sales to U.S. Show Big Falling Off

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Australian wool sales to the United States in the 11 months ended May 31 last declined by 34,332,000 dollars, compared with sales for the corresponding period of the previous…

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Monthly Dairying Report

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 3

Weather conditions during June have been ideal, and point to a good spring. Rain recorded at Wagga for the month was…

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Field Day for Sheep and Wool Students

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 2

A very interesting and instructive afternoon was spent yesterday by full-time and part-time sheep and wool students…

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Wheat to Privy Council Wheat Crop Appeal

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Industry Defence Council will appeal to the Privy Council against a recent Full High Court decision upholding…

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Big American Wheat Crop

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 4

The second largest wheat crop in the history of the United States is in prospect, according to estimates by the Department of…

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Internat. Wheat Agreement to Lapse

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 1

OTTAWA, Thursday: Britain has announced her withdrawal from the International Wheat Agreement and it is believed that…

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Move for New International Wheat Pact

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3
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WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.): The International Wheat Council announced to-night, that a committee…

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Splendid Start for Coming Wheat Season

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 4

How much land has been sown to wheat in New South Wales this season? The cereal specialist of the Department of Agriculture tells us that about 85 per cent of the "area…

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Mortality in Sheep Following Drenching for Worm Infestation

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received many received many reports on sheep which have died from injury caused to the month during the process of drench…

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European Wool Consumption Czechoslovakian Mills Nationalised

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 4

Windaccmbe Carson Ltd. report:-- The close of the Australian wool-selling season under favorable competition augurs well for the marketing of…

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For The Man on The Land Some Sore Points on Wheat Stabilisation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 4

The sorest point in wheat stabilisation with most growers is the home consumption price. They do not object so much to the general public getting a 6d loaf and cheap flour. But they do resent…

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Junior Farmers' School at Hawkesbury College Opened by Minister

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

The third annual Junior Farmers' School of instruction at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College was officially opened by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) on Tuesday…

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